Seldom Known Facts About Olympics – Vanan Services
So, after a long year and a half wait, we are all set for the Tokyo Olympics. It is not an event, a tournament, or a tour, but a festival of sports. Right from hockey, weight lifting to boxing, there are sporting categories that make even the die-hard football and cricket fans enjoy these games with great enthusiasm.
To add to the vibes of excitement before the Tokyo Olympics, Vanan Services, a renowned translation company has come up with some of the amazing facts about the Olympics that you have probably not heard earlier. Hope these facts blow your mind and you will share these with your family, friends, and relatives.
#1. Did you know the first Olympics was held in the 8th century BC in Olympia, Greece? The Olympics were held in the gap of four years for approx. 12 centuries.
#2. In ancient Greece, the Olympics participants didn’t care about the sponsorship, fashion, or any protection, they used to compete with one another completely naked- that’s one heck of a fact.
#3. In 1900, at the Olympics held in Paris, live pigeon shooting was held and thankfully that was the first and last time.
#4. During the period 1912-1948, artists of diverse categories, such as musicians, painters, writers, sculptors, and architects competed for medals.
#5. The 2012 London Olympics was a special occasion in the era of women empowerment. Every country sent female athletes, even the conservative ones. Also, 165,000 towels were used in about two weeks during London Olympics.
#6. The five rings symbol has been designed by the co-founder of modern Olympics, Baron Pierre de Coubertin. These rings are symbolic of the five inhabited continents across the globe.
#7. Yes, you heard it right. Against popular belief, the gold medal is not made out of pure gold, instead mostly silver since the 1912 Olympics. Today’s gold medal is made from 6 grams of gold, the rest is silver.
#8. During the first and second world wars, the Olympics games had to be cancelled three times.
#9. You probably have seen athletes biting their Olympics medals. Want to know how this tradition started? It takes us ages back to when merchants used to check the purity of gold by biting it. If there are teeth marks left on the gold coin, then it is not actual gold. As mentioned earlier, gold medals in the Olympics nowadays are merely finished with gold. In the 1904 Olympics, the gold medals were entirely gold.
#10. An interesting fact is that the Olympics torch has to be lit throughout the event.
#11. Antarctica & Africa are the continents where the Olympics have not been held yet.
#12. The Olympics games earlier lasted for five to six months.
#13. The official languages of the Olympics are English and French.
#14. Interestingly, the Olympic torch has traveled to space a couple of times.
#15. So far, 23 countries in the world have hosted Olympics.
#16. Do you know the host country has to design the mascot for each Olympics? The mascot is generally based on the country’s rich cultural value and traditions.
#17. In the ancient times, the winners of various Olympics events received no medals, instead they were honored with an olive wreath.
#18. Blue, yellow, black, green, red, and white, the six colors of the logo, have been chosen because at least one of these colors are present in the national flags of all the countries.
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